Disney CEO Announces Plans for Star Wars Spin-Off Films

Tuesday

Feb 5, 2013 at 12:01 AMFeb 5, 2013 at 4:21 AM

That far off a Yoda movie is?Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company plans to release Star Wars spin-off films based on individual characters in an interview on CNBC Tuesday.Star Wars: Episode VII: 8 things to expect based on ...

TV Guide

That far off a Yoda movie is?

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company plans to release Star Wars spin-off films based on individual characters in an interview on CNBC Tuesday.

The Empire Strikes Back scribe Lawrence Kasdan and X-Men: The Last Stand writer Simon Kinberg will be involved with the films, which are in addition to the previously announced Star Wars VII, VIII and IX.

Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt is writing the first new Star Wars screenplay, which J.J. Abrams will direct. When the Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm in October, Disney announced that Star Wars VII would be slated for 2015. The film is the first since Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out in 2005, and would chronologically follow 1983's Return of the Jedi.

So which Star Wars characters you think deserve their own movies? Boba Fett? Chewbacca? C-3PO? Jar Jar Brinks? (Just kidding, if you said that last one, you're not a real Star Wars fan). Weigh in below!